{"id":419750,"date":"2026-05-09T17:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/419750\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T17:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:05:16","slug":"prime-videos-spy-thriller-returns-with-high-audience-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/419750\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Video’s Spy Thriller Returns With High Audience Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Prime Video’s biggest spy thrillers is back, and audiences are loving it.<\/p>\n

Back with a higher episode count than its six-part first season and early viewer approval, the series is cementing itself among the streamer’s already stacked catalog of crime dramas and espionage thrillers, including The Agency, Reacher, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, A Spy Among Friends, and Jack Ryan, which is returning to Prime Video May 20, after the John Krasinski-led series ended with the release of the film, Jack Ryan: Ghost War.<\/p>\n

Just two days after its premiere, Citadel<\/a>‘s second season returned to a stellar audience score from Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, clocking in at 83% on the Popcornmeter. While the show has fewer than 50 ratings, the score is solid; it’s worth noting, however, that that number is likely to fluctuate as viewers continue to tune in over the weekend. And with just four reviews, it does not yet have a critical score. <\/p>\n

Citadel follows Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas as Mason Kane and Nadia Smith<\/a>, a pair of spies who try to recover their erased memories and find the truth behind a global conspiracy. Released on May 6, the show’s seven-episode second season is a departure from its first, dropping all seven episodes at once, as opposed to the weekly format the show followed the first time around. Season 2 picks up after the shocking revelation that Mason was the mole who destroyed the Citadel, having been manipulated by his mother, Dahlia Archer. After stopping a nuclear threat, both Nadia and Mason regain their memories, and while it’s a welcome moment, it’s then that Mason also comes to the realization that his wife, Abby, is actually Celeste, a fellow agent whose memory he had wiped out years earlier.<\/p>\n

When the show returns, Stanley Tucci’s Bernard Orlick is assembling a new team<\/a>, Mason and Nadia in tow, forcing the pair to work together again, despite Mason’s betrayal, as the team tries to tackle a dangerous man with mind-control technology. In addition to season 1’s returning cast, season 2 boasts some fresh faces, with Jack Reynor, Rahul Kohli, Matt Berry, and Gabriel Leone among the stars joining the Citadel universe.<\/p>\n

Keeping in line with season 1’s memory-loss plot, the show transitions into a fresh storyline for season 2, and it seems to be agreeing with fans, with one RT audience review praising Tucci as the show’s unlikely action “hero,” and calling Citadel a great watch that “even has heart.” But a solid audience score may not be enough to secure Citadel’s fate, with Prime Video holding off on renewing the series for season 3 before its sophomore season arrived. It seems the streamer is banking on its continued viewership \u2014 literally \u2014 dropping a whopping $300 million<\/a> to bring the spy thriller to the small screen.<\/p>\n

As Citadel enters its first weekend on the streamer, it will be a waiting game for Prime Video to see if the show, which was originally released on April 28, 2023, gains the audience loyalty needed to make their investment in the globe-trotting series worthwhile, and if the critical success will follow.<\/p>\n

Citadel season 2 is now streaming on Prime Video.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 28, 2023<\/p>\n

Network<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrime Video<\/p>\n

Showrunner<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Weil<\/p>\n


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